Wednesday, 24 April 2013

I
used to think this perception is found only in the western society, that only
the westerners are of this opinion that they are already connected and they do
not need a Spiritual Guide who may connect them to God. However, having met
with many people from many religions including Islam, Christianity, Judaism,
Hinduism, Sikhism and even our own people, I realised everybody is under this
false perception that they are connected with God.

Two weeks ago one of the ASI (Anjuman
Sarfaroshan-e-Islam) associates was brought to our office in London and he was
talking to me and he was asking me whether I have Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi in
my heart, and I told him that I do have the Lord in my heart and I can help you
bring the Lord in your heart also. He said to me, no I already have the Lord in
my heart. Then we found such people in New York and in Los Angeles, and in many
other places, Singapore, Australia, even the Christians and Jews; we were
distributing images of Lord Jesus Christ and I was speaking to this man about
Jesus and I offered to help him bring Jesus in his heart and he said he already
had Jesus in his heart.

Almost everybody who practices a
religion or practices a set of beliefs, or faith, they perceive and they assume
that they are already connected [to God] by ritual practice and by study of the
religion, or the spiritual knowledge. But that is not true. Connecting with God
is not easy. You do not know the whereabouts of God. Sometimes human beings say
stuff that appears to be completely ridiculous and they ridicule their
intellect and themselves. We know for sure that there have been Saints of God,
not the elite ones, saints like Baba Guru Nanak, Ba Yazeed Bastami and so many
other saints and they did not know the whereabouts of God. Only those were able
to see God who had the ability to enlighten a very important soul which lies in
their head and the knowledge of that soul was granted to Prophet Mohammad.
Before the arrival of Prophet Mohammad nobody was able to see God. Nobody would
ever imagine if it was at all possible to see God rather than claiming that he
has seen God. Moses was the first one who spoke with God and people really had a
difficult time believing the fact that Moses, a man himself, was able to speak
with God. Most people at the time of Moses would take a mickey out of this,
they would say, ‘Oh you speak with God? What did God say? How is he?’

It is not easy and it is not
difficult at the same time to connect with God. The thing is you need to have
so many things together before you are able to be connected with God. First you
must be a chosen one for this connection. If you are not one of those who were
chosen by God to be connected then no matter what you can do you will never be
connected with God. There are so many things that you have to do together and
only after those things one is able to be connected with God. Human beings are opportunists
and very quick in jumping to conclusions, and to seek God and obtain Gods love
is something which has always been very rare in this world. There are more
temptations in this world for non-Godly things; luxury and comfort. It's very
unfortunate that in this day and age people are using God's name for their personal
indulgence and they are using religions as instruments. They are selling God's
name and selling religions, everything is commercialised. Whether it is in
America or in Pakistan, whether its Hinduism or Christianity or politics,
everything is commercialised and everything has a price tag. Sincerity has lost
its presence in this world. This message from His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi,
the message of God's love, pure spirituality, enlightenment of the heart,
purgation of the self, illumination of the soul, does not fit in the agenda of
many millions of people today. Especially those who are very religious and spiritual
because the practice of spirituality and religion for many people is not a
means to obtain God's love, it is to give others the impression that they are
very godly. And having established this impression that we are very godly and
divine they want to make a business out of this. Whereas, becoming godly and
becoming divine requires from an individual to almost sacrifice everything
including his personal comforts, luxury, time, privacy, kids, parents,
everything. You have to put everything on the stake and even then there is not
a 100% chance that you will definitely be able to obtained God's love. So,
nobody is connected and those who are connected to God they want to sit with
all spiritual people, who are connected.

What is the Divine Plan?

You have to go back to the Day of
Anointment, the day of promises, the day when God created the souls, on the day
of the creation of the Souls. God did have his complete will in whatsoever he
shaped the creation. Human beings have no authority over anything, they have no
choice. You can safely call God 'Absolute Power' because he did what he wanted
to do. This power in God gave him authority and plenty of room to manoeuvre with
an abundance of choices that he made without being answerable or accountable to
anyone, and he did do what he had in mind, what he had conceived in his mind,
he did that. The Divine Plan as it appeared by the way he created souls and by
the way he exhibited negative and evil forces and forces of love. And then a majority
of souls were designed to be bad, diabolical and then in proportion to the
number of diabolical souls a lesser number of souls were designed to do good. The
ratio between bad souls and good souls is not the same; there have always been
bad souls in majority, in all times, in all ages and in all eras. Good people
who are good by souls have always been in small quantities and this is how he designed
it. If today we see the world is really bad, it's not because we have made it
bad it’s bad because God made it bad! If you are blind by birth it's not your
fault, this is how God wanted it to be.

I always say to people it is very
strange and astonishing to me that you do not go to a school or university to
learn how to hate people, however in order to love in order to be able to love
somebody you need to have an institution, you need to make an abundance of
sacrifices. Although, you will hear in this world people leisurely use the word
love. The feelings of infatuation or cupboard-love are often mistaken and they
label it with 'sincere form of love'. For example, love of parents for their
kids. Do you think a mother's love is sincere love? I do not think so. There is
always a reason for all types of love. Mothers think their love for their kids
is sincere and kids think their love for their parents is sincere, which is
very rare but this is not love.

I tell you something very
strange, it is evil to have the desire of being loved, but it is divine to be
able to love, because this desire that somebody loves you is very common. Everybody,
Muslim, Jew, Christian or Hindu, everybody wants to be loved. If you are being
loved it will really make your character stained with bad evil traits. If
somebody loves you, you will think you are somebody and the feelings of
superiority will develop and you can see there is no human being on earth that
doesn’t want to be loved, even the animals. When you have a baby you give that
baby a little bit of love, but when you have the second baby your attention is
diverted and you begin to give a little more love to the other baby. The baby
which is 2 years of age will feel the fire of jealousy; they don’t want to
share. Who created this is feeling? God. So to be loved is an evil game but to
love is divine. Now it's vice versa of course, when you are a novice, when you
want to be a Momin (Enlightened Believer), you are not allowed to be loved. You
are taught to love and in order to be able to love you are required to make a
lot of sacrifices and purgate yourself and demolish the statue of ego inside
your body because this feeling of, this desire of being loved is for God only
and those who have God in them. When you have God in you then people will love
you for God. When you have nobody in you and people still love you that love
will bring the devil in you.

To receive love there is a
criterion, a prerequisite also. If you want to receive love you must have God in
you otherwise do not receive love/give love. Only those should be loved who
have God in them. If you do not have God in you then you should not be loved.
This is the core of truth. This is why the concept of love is present in all civilisations,
religious or non-religious, secular or spiritual, all sorts of people acknowledge
the presence of love. Then there are different types of love; love for women, love
for luxury, love for money, love for power. To be loved is a form of ultimate
luxury because when somebody loves you they sacrifice everything for you and
you are receiving those benefits without deserving it. Now, because you do not
deserve it and you do not have the ability and capability of adorning that love
around your heart that is why it is a sin.

In the schools of Spirituality
the first lesson which is given to you is that make sure nobody loves you
because that love will keep you away from God.

For example, if you massage somebody’s
feet it’s very comforting and it’s very soothing for them, but in ten minutes
you will become short of breath. It's not luxury for you. Similarly to love is
not a luxury; to love is a labour, to love is hard work and to be loved is a
luxury. This is why one-sided love is punishment and mutual love is enjoyable. The
path of love is paved with pain and sacrifices.

One night Ibrahim bin-Addam saw
an angel and he was holding a notebook, he asked him, 'What are you writing in
this book?' The angel said, 'I am writing the names of people who love God,' He
asked, 'is my name written?' And the angel said, 'No, I'm sorry I don’t see
your name.' Then the following night he came again and he was holding a
notebook and he was writing some names but this time Ibrahim bin-Addam was
showing to be a little modest and out of fear he was quiet and he didn’t ask
the angel as to what he was doing, but the angel asked him, 'Are you not going
to ask me what am I doing tonight?' He said, 'No, I'm okay,' the angel said 'Let
me tell you. I am writing the names of those whom God loves and your name is on
top of the list.'

To be loved or to have the desire
that somebody love you is in everybody and this desire comes from the Nafs
(Self/Ego). Therefore everybody wants to be loved. They always say, where there
is love there is jealousy. That is true but that love which comes from the
Nafs, the evil Nafs will have jealousy not Divine Love.

So there is no comfort in love
unless you are loved you can be loved but it not allowed. Some people think
sweet talk is love. No, this is not love. Love is a bond and you see the
connection between us and the food is hunger. We are tempted to eat; when you
are hungry and the food is in front of your eyes the food will pull you towards
itself. That is the bond between the food and our hunger. In a similar way,
there is a very invisible spiritual string, a spiritual rope, which is between
the two hearts, the human heart and the Divine Heart. There is a passage of
spiritual gravity and that spiritual gravity that comes from God will keep
pulling you towards God. For example, when somebody is kidnapped, what happens?
You pull somebody without their consent and because you are so powerful you
take that person away unwillingly. That person is not willing to go with you
but because you are more powerful you pull that person away. Similarly, when the
bond of love is developed and you are connected with God, there is a sense of pulling
from God, towards God and that spiritual string will keep you intact with God.
That bond is love and God will not love you unless you have God’s presence in
you. Only God can love himself. Nobody else can love himself.

Therefore, it is free and it is
evil to have the feeling of being loved. People do not have the desire to love but
everybody has the desire to be loved. To love is divine and you can only truly
love once you have the Divine Presence in you.

Monday, 15 April 2013

Have you got any questions relating to Spirituality, religion or Godliness? Ask Younus AlGohar using the hash tag #askYounusAlGohar on Twitter and have your questions answered via a video response on YouTube!

Friday, 5 April 2013

Shanika Weligamage (Presenter): Today we have in Sri Lanka
the Universal Representative of Kalki Avatar Foundation, His Holiness Younus AlGohar
to discuss about Kalki Avatar Foundation.

Q: Can you tell us, what is Kalki Avatar Foundation?

A: Kalki Avatar Foundation is a spiritual organisation and
it is a multi-faith spiritual organisation. We do not represent any particular
religion or faith. We talk about spirituality and our message is to all
humanity.

Q: That means it links up with spirituality?

A: Spirituality, purely.

Q: If so, can it bring a change in the society and how?

A: I believe it can bring a change in the society and this
change will come when, through spirituality, hearts are enlightened, the hearts
are filled with love and the elements of hatred and negativity are diminished
with the help of spiritual power and enlightenment. It can bring a very
positive change in the society.

Q: We get information on enlightenment in Buddhism and other
religions in other forms. So Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi also mentions
enlightenment. What do you mean by this?

A: Enlightenment and spirituality has been part of every
religion and basically all religions were empowered with enlightenment and spirituality.
However, with the passage of time, spiritual knowledge became diminished in the
religions. And in today’s world, religions are without spirituality and
enlightenment. We are just talking about enlightenment.

Q: Can a common person become spiritual and obtain
enlightenment?

A: Of course all human beings, if they want to can become
enlightened and spiritualised.

Q: What is the heart of meditation?

A: Meditation is about putting God’s name inside the beating
system of the heart. And when God’s name is synchronised inside the beating
system of the heart, then involuntarily the heart begins to say the name of
God.

Q: How do you do it normally?

A: With spiritual power, God’s name is inserted in the
beating system of the heart and the heart begins to say -

Q: Is it through meditation?

A: Well, once the heart is initiated, then the secondary
sort of thing is meditation. Meditation can only be established once God’s name
is synchronised in the beating system of the heart.

Q: Does meditation help in all religions?

A: Well, it should help all religions.

Q: How do you mean that the spirituality helps a person in
his daily life? How?

A: We have two positive and negative things in our body:
negativity which of course is the cause of all roots. And we have hatred and
other negative elements in life; this is because we are not taking care of our
positive side in the human beings. That can only be taken care of with the help
of spirituality and enlightenment.

Q: Is there a connection to the teachings of Lord Ra Riaz
Gohar Shahi with religion? If so, what is your religion?

A: Like I said, we do not in particular represent any
religion. We preach spirituality and spirituality is the core of all religions.

Q: Then who is Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi?

A: Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi, we believe, is the true
representation and presence of God.

Q: How can we say that Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi is the
Awaited One Personality?

A: Because there are so many signs which we have seen and on
top of that the teachings and spiritual authority, spiritual power and the fact
that HH Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi is addressing all humanity without prejudice
and benefitting all human beings without the creed, colour, cast or their
religious background. We understand this can only be done by the Awaited One.

Q: So is the Kalki Avatar the last Avatar after obtaining
enlightenment?

A: Yeah, Kalki Avatar is the last Avatar.

Q: So how can a common person recognise or understand the
true Kalki Avatar?

A: A common man is busy with his life and doesn’t have much
time to contribute towards recognising such a mighty personality. The only
thing that we understand will help a common person is to give them some kind of
spiritual benefit that can always show in his day to day life. People are
suffering with incurable diseases and people are not happy with their life.
Hatred has taken place in the heart.

When a common person feels that the teachings of Lord Ra
Riaz Gohar Shahi is bringing a positive change and they’re getting cured of the
incurable diseases that they have been suffering from (even with a large amount
of money they were not able to cure those diseases, and they’re healed by Lord
Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi), I hope they will understand that this is not only proving
the fact that His Holiness Gohar Shahi is the last Avatar, but also it’s
working for them. And they will understand and recognise the time and the
presence of His Holiness Gohar Shahi on earth.

Q: Is He is a spiritual Avatar?

A: Both physical and spiritual.

Q: So how can you say Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi is the Kalki Avatar?

A: Because like I said, we have seen so many signs that were
foretold.

Q: What kind of special signs?

A: For example, He would be seen riding a white horse; and
that is not just physical, it is in the spiritual realm also.

He will diminish hatred from the society; and His teachings
are already doing it. In this day and age people have become very intolerant
towards each other; one does not want to know anybody else’s religion or their
belief system. But the teachings of Kalki Avatar Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi are
bringing all humanity into one platform. People are beginning to forget hatred
and they’re learning to respect and give space to each other. They’re becoming
tolerant.

Q: What mantra do you grant to the Hindus to produce Shakti?

A: Ra Raam.

Q: Do you grant mantras to other people, other than Hindus?

A: Yes.

Q: People are worshipping in temples, churches, mosques,
etc. So why is suffering still there?

A: I believe the reason why people are suffering today is
because they have distanced themselves from the core teachings of their
religions. We believe no religion is bad; all religions are good. But today
people are suffering because Christians are not good Christians anymore,
Muslims are not good Muslims anymore, Hindus are not good Hindus anymore.

So if they become good in their religion (they learn to
respect their own religion and they adopt spirituality), then all religions
will become good and we will live in a better society.

Q: People are using the religions for their own benefit and
for their own advantage. What do you say about this?

A: That is true. They’re doing it because they’re not
enlightened. They’re selling the name of God, they’re selling religions -
they’re selling everything. And it’s not just in the religions; you can see it
in all fields of life: politicians are doing the same, spiritual people are
doing the same, religious people are doing the same, and this is the case in
every country.

Q: How can a common person approach Lord Ra Riaz Gohar
Shahi?

A: The image of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi has become
prominent on the Moon and people can look at the image of Lord Ra Riaz on the
Moon. They can obtain spiritual healing and Initiation of the Heart, and they
can benefit from it.

Q: What is the role of Kalki Avatar Foundation in Sri Lanka?

A: The role of Kalki Avatar Foundation in Sri Lanka is to
help people with the diseases they’re suffering from, to help them understand
the meaning of life and how to obtain love, and build up a better society in
Sri Lanka where all religions can live with love, peace and tolerance.

Q: It is said that the image of His Holiness Ra Riaz Gohar
Shahi on the Moon has become a prominent image. How does it help people get rid
of their problems and incurable diseases? How do you heal the people?

A: The image of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi on the Moon, we
believe is not just an image, but it is one of His spirits. People need to
repeat the name of God three times – whatever religion do they practice and
whatever name of God they use to call upon God – and they obtain spiritual
healing from the image of Lord Ra Riaz on the Moon.

Q: Can the people suffering from incurable diseases be
benefitted by your spiritual services?

A: They already are. There are thousands of cases in Sri
Lanka where people got healed and they’re reaping the benefits of Kalki Avatar
Foundation’s presence in Sri Lanka. 2- All of our services are free, we’re not
selling God’s name.

Q: So how are Sri Lankans responding to the peace and
prosperity of the country by adopting spirituality?

A: People are responding really well. They understand that
we are here for love, peace, and physical and spiritual prosperity of this
country. There are thousands of people who are now becoming a part of Kalki
Avatar Foundation in Sri Lanka.

Q: Do you want to give a message to Sri Lankans?

A: My message to my brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka is to
live in love and peace and adopt spirituality. Show tolerance to all religions
we have in this country. Let live and live well.

Q: How can love and peace prevail in the world?

A: Only by diminishing the negative elements. We have
negativity in our body; some call it evil presence and some others call it
negativity. We have to enlighten our body and souls. Only with the help of
divine light, when it is produced in the heart and starts to mingle in our
bloodstream, will we get rid of negativity.

Q: Let’s talk about meditation. What types of methods will
you adopt for this service? Can you show us?

A: We believe and understand meditation has to do with the
soul and the heart. So before we actually invite people to meditate, we want
their souls and the spirit to adopt the light of God’s name. And we have this
special spiritual method, with the help of which we insert God’s name in the
beating system of the heart. When people begin to hear and feel the vibration
of God’s name inside their heart, only then we ask them to establish
meditation. And only then does that really practically and spiritual help them.

Q: Do you believe meditation comes from genes or family? If
a newcomer was to do meditation, how can he start it? What exercises would he
have to do? Would he have to relax his mind?

A: There are so many meditations we see in the world. Some
people attribute meditation to yoga practices, however, we understand that
meditation is a purely spiritual thing and it has got nothing to do with genes
or it doesn’t come from the family. Anybody can reap the benefits of
establishing meditation. Meditation is a very spiritual thing; it’s about
concentrating on your soul and at the same time focusing on God’s name on your
souls. That will then establish meditation.

What actually happens in meditation? When we meditate upon a
certain soul, that soul (if it is already spiritualised and enlightened) leaves
the body during the meditation. It makes spiritual journey to whichever realm
it is connected to. This is how a meditation is established.

Q: How long does it take to come back?

A: Well that depends. If you don’t want to break the
meditation, the meditation can go as high as 2 hours, 3 hours, 10 hours, 24
hours.

Q: Are there any stages of meditation that you can achieve?

A: There are many stages of meditation. Some spiritual
individuals have established a meditation which lasted for 17-18 days.

Q: So can you explain the stages of meditation?

A: We have seven souls in our body and we can meditate on
each soul. So there can be at least five different stages of meditation.

Q: We see today that humanity is divided into groups on the
basis of their religions. Why is it so?

A: Because with the passage of time people have modified
their religious books and altered the original divine text. And this has caused
them to misinterpret the primary message of their religion. And this is causing
a lot of rift in humanity and people are now away from the primary purpose of
the religion.

Q: How can you say the image on the Moon is that of Lord Ra
Riaz Gohar Shahi?

A: Because we have the photographs of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar
Shahi and we can recognise it. We invite others to do the same.

Q: Do you find any difficulties in promoting this message
all over the countries?

A: No.

Q: So, how do you see the future of the world?

A: The future of the world is really horrible.

Q: So many people talk about the end times. What do you say
about this?

A: The end times, I believe, are near and this is why we are
promoting spirituality and divine love. When the Kalki Avatar is finally here,
this is the announcement that the end times are near.

Q: Why is the world becoming worse day by day? Do you think there
is a link between the world’s problems and the religions?

A: This problem is getting worse because people are only
thinking about their bodies and the luxuries and comforts of their bodies. They
have forgotten to take care of their souls. This is why peace of heart and mind
is missing from their lives, and greed, injustice and corruption has taken
place. Because they have distanced themselves from the core message of their
religion. Divine love has diminished and hatred has taken place; and when the hatred
and evil power is inside the heart, it only promotes corruption, injustice,
greed and all that.

Q: Do you believe in heaven and hell? People say when you do
good things, after that you will go to heaven. And when you do bad things in
your lifetime, after that you will go to hell. What do you say about this?

A: We believe in heaven and hell.

Q: In the Japanese meditation system, they have alpha, beta,
theta, which are stages in achieving meditation. They use electronic methods.
Do you think there is any link with religion?

A: There are two types of belief systems in the world today.
1- Those which were established by prophets and messengers, and God helped
them, so they were from God. 2- And some other religions were manmade. So, man
also has created some meditation principles, but we understand you cannot reach
God with a set of principles that were not introduced and created by God.

Q: Some priests in the Himalayas get into ice-cold water,
but it seems to them that the water is steaming hot. They say it is because of
the power of meditation. What do you say about this?

A: Well, it can be true because the human body is very
intelligent and it can adapt to different situations and conditions. As I
earlier said, according to our belief system, meditation is a very spiritual
thing. However, some people also attribute yoga to meditation; this can be a
yoga practice.

Q: A lot of people follow this type of meditation in
America, Europe, etc. to help solve their problems. Do you think it has a
positive effect on people?

A: Indian gurus go to America a lot, like Deepak Chopra. And
they are promoting meditation there. However, I understand that by just
focusing your mind on certain things, it can give you a little bit of peace of
mind but it will not solve the problems. We need to solve the problems for the
permanent solution of peace of mind.

Q: Are the followers of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi vegetarians
or non-vegetarians?

A: Because the followers of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi are not
from one religion, they’re from different religions, they find the teachings of
Lord Ra Riaz very helpful and they’re learning spirituality. So those who come
from a vegetarian background strictly follow their regime. However, some other
followers who come from Catholicism, Christianity, Muslim background, they
follow their religious principles.

Q: Do you think vegetarians get the power of meditation
easier than others?

A: I think becoming a vegetarian is very good for health and
it does really help an individual to progress in meditation.

Q: Today the world is suffering from terrorism. So what is
your solution?

A: Terrorism is because of intolerance and also the
understanding that ‘I am right, the other one is wrong’. When you think you are
right and all others are wrong and you are so fanatic about it that you do not
want to accept their presence, this is fanaticism and extremism. We shouldn’t
have such things in our society.

But the only solution to this wave of terrorism is to give
them knowledge and true interpretation of their book. And that true
interpretation should come from enlightened people who are connected with God,
not those who have become gurus and Sufis by reading books. Because these books
have been written by individuals who may be affected by some other opinions.
Then again, it is the matter of interpretation. We need a spiritual personality
to interpret the divine books today.

I do not think any
religion on earth can allow one individual to kill another one in the name of
God or in the name of any religion. It’s just that people do not have the right
interpretation and the correct understanding of the religion.

Q: Can we change people involved in terrorism
psychologically through meditation?

A: You see, these people who are now becoming part of
terrorism, they have their incentives and different agendas. We need to educate
individuals and we need to educate them correctly. And this is the only
solution that I understand will help them get rid of their intolerant belief
system.

Q: So the Kalki Avatar Foundation helps put such people on
the correct manner? How?

A: Of course. The teachings of spirituality are based on
love. Love for all. Love of human beings, love of God. One who loves God cannot
hate and kill a human being.

Q: How do you approach correcting such a person?

A: We spiritualise them. We give them this Initiation of the
Heart. When God’s light enters his heart, that light of God will wipe out the
elements of hatred and negativity from him. And once the heart has become
enlightened and the mind has become enlightened, then people will not be
inclined towards fanaticism, extremism and terrorism.

Q: Incurable diseases like cancer - do you think it can be
cured?

A: It has cured many.

Q: How do you approach it?

A: We just use the divine light that Lord Ra Riaz Gohar
Shahi has invested in certain individuals. They meditate and blow upon them,
and this is how they are healed.

Q: Suppose that I am a cancer patient. How can I approach
and get the divine light?

A: Well obviously if you were a patient and you knew about
me, you would contact me. And then I would do the spiritual healing on you.

Q: Do you charge a fee for your services?

A: No. All services are free of charge.

Q: What if alcoholics wanted to join in order to get rid of
their addiction?

A: Yeah, everybody can join.

Q: So is there any requirement to be a follower of Lord Ra
Riaz Gohar Shahi?

A: No.

Q: Even a child can join?

A: Of course.

Q: So, how do you see the people of Sri Lanka responding
towards this spirituality?

A: They’re being very earnest and they are responding really
well. They are adopting the message of spirituality, message of Lord Ra Riaz
Gohar Shahi, and they are benefitting from it.

Q: Is Sri Lanka safe from natural disasters like tsunamis?

A: I can’t say that. A natural disaster is a natural
disaster. A natural disaster will not ask any spiritualist before it
comes.

Q: There are so many problems in the world. People think,
‘Is there any God? Where is he? Why did he create so many problems in the world?’
What is your answer?

A: My answer is very clear: I do not know why people
attribute these problems to God. People have made these problems themselves and
if they are holding God responsible for these problems, it would be really
silly.

Number 2, we do talk about God only when we’re in trouble
and we don’t seem to come out of these problems. But we do not feel the need to
be connected to God and we don’t want to love God, we just want to ask God to
help our problems. It doesn’t work like this. God will take care of people who
are really connected to God, they love God and God will love them. People need
to make sacrifices to become enlightened ones and spiritual ones. Historically
speaking, all these individuals, in all religions, before they became enlightened
and mighty personality, sacrificed a lot. They went into jungles, they
enlightened themselves, they purified themselves, they made a lot of
sacrifices. And once they became friends of God, they helped the entire world.
We need enlightenment and we need spirituality.

I don’t think God has created these problems. It’s the human
beings that created these problems. God never asked anybody to do anything
wrong. If we do wrong and we hold God responsible for it, it would be really
injustice.

Q: After death, what happens to a person?

A: After death, our body is either cremated or buried in the
grave, and the soul departs to the heavens.

Q: Is there a decrease in the [human] population because
people are dying a lot?

A: Yeah, people are dying in great numbers, but at the same
time people are born in large numbers.

Shanika Weligamage: We thank His Holiness Younus AlGohar for
delivering the message of love and peace.